Unit 2 Key Terms Pretest

What is persuasion?

• the use of appeals to reasons, values, beliefs, and emotions to convince a listener or reader to think or act in a particular way
• the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her
• a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.
• a change in the author's style, focus, or language that alters the meaning of a text

What does "descriptive" mean in literature?

• the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her
• the use of appeals to reasons, values, beliefs, and emotions to convince a listener or reader to think or act in a particular
• a literary device in which the author uses details to paint a picture with their words.
• a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.

What does "connotation" mean?

• to advise (a person) against something
• a literary device in which the author uses details to paint a picture with their words.
• a feeling or idea that a word has
• the literal or main meaning of a word

What does "denotation" mean?

• the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her
• the literal or main meaning of a word
• a feeling or idea that a word has
• a change in the author's style, focus, or language that alters the meaning of a text

What does "characterization" mean?

• the use of appeals to reasons, values, beliefs, and emotions to convince a listener or reader to think or act in a particular
• a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.
• the literal or main meaning of a word
• literary device that occurs any time the author uses details to teach us about a person

What does theme mean?

• the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her
• a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.
• the literal or main meaning of a word
• a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature

What is tone?

• a literary device in which the author uses details to paint a picture with their words.
• the literal or main meaning of a word
• literary device that occurs any time the author uses details to teach us about a person.
• the author's attitude toward a certain topic

What is a thesis?

• the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her
• a literary device in which the author uses details to paint a picture with their words.
• a feeling or idea that a word has
• a sentence that sums up the central point of your paper or essay

What is a "shift" in literature?

• to advise (a person) against something
• a literary device in which the author uses details to paint a picture with their words.
• a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.
• a change in the author's style, focus, or language that alters the meaning of a text

Define "soliloquy":

• the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her
• a literary device in which the author uses details to paint a picture with their words.
• an extended speech by one person
• a speech that a character in a play speaks aloud, but it can only be heard by that character and the audience